Presentation Luger pics.

[Doug G.]

Wes, as far as I know this is the original leather bound presentation case. The gun is almost totally engraved and is 100% covered in burnished 24k gold. This includes the bore (what I could see as I didn't open the action) both magazine tubes Artillery type cleaning rod and loading tool. The gun started out as a 1939 Banner Police and still retains the sear safety.

Without getting deep the gun was presented to Franz Von Papen who was the ambassador to Austria for the Third Reich. This gun was given to him by Joachim von Ribbentrop the Foreign minister of Germany.

I have seen this gun first hand and can attest to it's beauty. I have also seen the papers that go with it from such notables as Egbert Von Pappen (son), Bob Simpson and most recently Butterfields auction house and there is also papers from the Mauser factory.